GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION

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6.  That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.

7.  That the Joint Commission on Health Care shall study the conversion of the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy to a private nonprofit entity and any implications of such conversion.  Such report shall consider whether similar protection and advocacy entities in other states are private nonprofit entities, independent state-run organizations, or some other structure, whether gubernatorial appointments are made in other states to the protection and advocacy entities, and general trends and information on how these entities are structured and operate, including a comparison and evaluation of the structure and operations of the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy.  Additionally, the Joint Commission on Health Care shall analyze and report on how federal funds flow to and are used by the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy and what impact, if any, converting the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy to a private nonprofit entity will have on the federal funding.  The Joint Commission on Health Care shall also analyze and assess eliminating benefits pursuant to the Workforce Transition Act (§ 2.2-3200 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia to employees who transition employment to the new nonprofit entity.  The Joint Commission on Health Care shall provide a report on its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and to the Governor by December 1, 2012.